The Globen Galan is an annual indoor

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event held in February at the

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. The meeting was first held in 1990 and from 2000 to 2010 known as GE Galan, because

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was the official title sponsor. From 2011 to 2015 the official name changed to XL Galan and was sponsored by Swedish book-trade company XL-BYGG. The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural

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, but after a loss of sponsorship, was not held in 2017.

Meseret Defar Meseret Defar Tola (Amharic: መሠረት ደፋር; born 19 November 1983) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Ol ...

made a world record run in the

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at the 2009 edition. She returned for a second record attempt in 2010 and finished just hundredths of a second short of the record, although Alemitu Bekele's second-place finish improved the European record indoors.Julin, A. Lennart (2010-02-11)
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. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous

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have been set at the GE Galan.

Meeting records

Men

Women

References

External links

Official website

XL Galan Records
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